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McFarland: Best summer ever for Saskatchewan women’s teams at national level

"Saskatchewan is quickly asserting itself as a powerhouse on the girls and women’s national baseball stage.

Headlined by a silver medal in the 21U Women’s Championships in Summerside, Prince Edward Island this summer, all four of the province’s programs played for national medals for the first time ever.

With the 14U, 16U and Women’s Open teams claiming fourth place in each of their tournaments, it marked the best summer ever for the program."

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McFarland: WCBL's Regina Red Sox still hoping for new stadium

"If the Regina Red Sox had it their way, they would have been playing in a new baseball stadium yesterday.

Their current abode, Currie Field, is more than 60 years old and in need of major upgrades and repairs – ranging from only having one dressing room, a backstop that is held together with zip-ties and washroom facilities which operate off a septic tank system that can’t keep up with park usage."

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McFarland: "Touch'em all, Crow!" Dawgs star's walk-off cements his spot in WCBL history

"Connor Crowson had always dreamed of hitting a big home run in his hometown Seaman Stadium.

Little did he know, the Okotoks native saved his best moment for the last of the 2024 Western Canadian Baseball League season.

In the bottom of the ninth of the championship series against the Moose Jaw Miller Express, Crowson stepped into the batter’s box with the score tied 5-5.

Knowing that the Miller Express pitchers had been attacking him low and outside, he had his sights set on driving a pitch hard and getting on-base.

He found that pitch on a 1-1 offering from Takao Cookson and sent the baseball to the deepest part of the park, clearing the fence for the walk-off series-clinching home run."

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